For all my talk of spring of late, I am so grateful it is finally here. And it’s official – the pollen adding a fashionable yellow hue to my car and tears leaking from my eyes confirms it.

Luckily, beyond allergies and a perpetually dirty vehicle, it is also bringing sales, trunk shows and celebrations.

Crescent Moon
A downtown Wilmington craft gallery is celebrating its new digs Friday, March 22. Crescent Moon is marking its grand relocation event with local entertainment, food, and artists. At noon, a mayoral ribbon-cutting event will take place at 24 N. Front St.

A local flutist and violinist will provide music early in the day, with the L-Shape Lot acoustic duo taking over at 4 p.m. Be sure to look for Susan Savia at 6 p.m. during the Fourth Friday Gallery Walk.

Artists will be on hand from 6 to 9 p.m. to promote their work.

Food from Smoke, Flying Pi, Chop’s Deli and Front Street Brewery will be available for nibbling. Wine is being provided by Fortunate Glass, with beer being served up from Front Street Brewery.

Door prizes and drawings will be held throughout the day.

Monkee’s
The spring season marks fresh beginnings, a reinvigorated spirit. This newness is best marked with a new wardrobe befitting a new you.

Over at Monkee’s in Lumina Station, 1900 Eastwood Road, the new season is being kicked off with a big sale. The “Sip & Shop Party” will inject life into a winter-worn wardrobe. From 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 21, all merchandise is 25-percent off. Chanel and Louis Vuitton items are 15-percent off.

Enjoy champagne and other treats while perusing the Diane Von Furstenberg trunk show, which will be on display Thursday and Friday, March 22.

Protocol
Before heading to Monkee’s for an evening of shopping, stop in to Protocol, 3502 Wrightsville Ave., for another trunk show. The distinctive gift and linen shop will host a trunk show for Collard Greens, a High Point-based lifestyle brand.

The brand, which is touted as American-made and eco-friendly, carries everything a Southern man could need, from bow ties to belts to T-shirts and polo shirts.

Just a reminder
Landfall is hosting its wedding open house Saturday, March 23, from 2 to 5 p.m. Prospective brides and grooms will have the opportunity to sample food, get event ideas and meet vendors.
To RSVP for the event, visit the Events at the Country Club of Landfall Facebook page.

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